Obesity and the respiratory physician.

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Author/s: Crummy, Fionnuala (F); Naughton, Matthew T (MT); Elborn, J Stuart (JS);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Editorial

Journal: Thorax (Thorax), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 63 (issue 7) : pp 576-7

Dates: Created 2008/06/30; Completed 2008/07/21;

PMID: 18587031, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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CommentOn: Thorax. 2008 Jul;63(7):649-54. (PMID: 18587034)

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Asthma - etiology
Clinical Competence - standards
Humans
Obesity - complications; diagnosis

Obesity - complications; diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease (Specialty) - standards
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - etiology
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - etiology

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